[Event "Bournemouth Grand Congress - Challenger"] [Site "Bournemouth"] [Date "2013.04.27"] [Round "2.29"] [White "O'Gorman, Brendan"] [Black "Nielsen, Jørgen Holmstrom"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "155"] [BlackElo "140"] [Annotator "Alan Dommett"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2013.04.26"] {Reti Opening [A09]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {More aggressive than the main line 3 e3, this pawn advance does not have a great reputation.} Bg4 {However, this response and subsequent early exchange of minor pieces hands White the initiative.} ({In M.Makarov-Y.Yakovich (Cheliabinsk, 1990) Black took the simplest route to early equality and a quick draw as follows:-} 3... c5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Nd4 9. Bxd7+ $11) 4. Bxc4 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. O-O Qf6 7. Qe2 $6 (7. Qb3 b6 8. d3 {maintains a slight edge, as Black has a hanging pawn distraction to stop him equalising.}) 7... Bc5 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. b4 {Provocative, to say the least, but this bayonet thrust is about to prove its worth by having a destabilising effect on Black's liquidation policy. } Bxb4 10. Rb1 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Nb6 12. Ba3 Nxc4 $4 {There comes a time when you just have to stop taking what is on offer and that time was right here and right now! Remarkably, the game is already lost at this point, the knight, a crucial defender, being voluntarily swapped for a white-squared bishop that bites on granite.} 13. Qxc4 O-O-O {Castling into it in no uncertain terms, yet there was no real alternative.} (13... Qd8 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Qc5 {and mates.}) 14. Rxb7 $1 {Whites spots the winning combination.} Kxb7 15. Rb1+ Kc8 16. Qa6+ Kd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Qc6+ Rd7 19. Qxd7# 1-0